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Alum Jessica Wimbley Creates Public Art for LA Metro

Alum Jessica Wimbley (MFA, art studio, ‘05) was among the 10 artists who contributed work to “Love, Leimert,” a love letter to Leimert Park in Los Angeles, which presented moving-image artworks in a diverse range of styles and subject matter.

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Graduate students featured in group show

The art studio graduating class of 2026 from the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program and the San Francisco State University School of Art present “Solve et Coagula,” a two-part exhibition showcasing works created during the first year of each institution’s M.F.A. program. Part two, “et Coagula,” opens on Thursday, Oct. 2. Both exhibitions are located at SWIM Gallery in San Francisco.

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Professor Cortez featured in exhibition at California Museum of Photography

The new group show Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960-2020 at the California Museum of Photography (UC Riverside) features work by Professor Beatriz Cortez.

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Professor Cortez featured in new show at LACMA

Professor Beatriz Cortez’s sculpture Ilopango, Stela A (2022) has been included in the exhibition Grounded at LACMA. Grounded will open Sept. 14. 

Upcoming Events

Event

Anne Ellegood
The California Studio

1002 Cruess Hall 

Anne Ellegood has been the executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) since September 2019. She was senior curator at the Hammer Museum from 2009 to 2019, and has held curatorial posts at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. She has organized numerous group exhibitions, including Made in L.A.

Cruess Hall, Davis, CA
Event

Felipe Baeza in Conversation with Prof. Ruben Zecena
Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Room 1002, Cruess Hall

Thursday, Nov. 13 5:30–7 p.m.

Cruess Hall, Davis, California
Lecture

Art History and Climate Change
March 6, 2026

Details forthcoming

Speakers

Andrew Patrizio, Professor of Scottish Visual Culture from 1945 onwards, art and ecology, art and ethics. Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

Alan C. Braddock, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art History, Environmental Humanities and American Studies. William and Mary

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